# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 18 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yury Shayunou Belarus |
| Silver | Anatoliy Pozdnyakov Russia |
| Bronze | Alexander Ziegler Germany |

## Results
### Final

19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Yury Shayunou | Belarus | 75.78 | x | 76.86 | 78.16 | x | x | 78.16 | |
| | Anatoliy Pozdnyakov | Russia | x | x | 68.70 | 71.35 | 72.42 | 70.05 | 72.42 | |
| | Alexander Ziegler | Germany | x | 70.62 | 70.87 | 68.88 | 72.32 | 70.46 | 72.32 | |
| 4 | Kristóf Németh | Hungary | 69.92 | 71.85 | 70.57 | 69.37 | 69.95 | 70.66 | 71.85 | |
| 5 | Dmytro Mykolaychuk | Ukraine | 68.84 | 69.47 | 70.65 | 68.97 | 69.77 | x | 70.65 | |
| 6 | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia | 69.86 | 69.05 | 67.53 | 68.24 | 69.94 | 70.59 | 70.59 | |
| 7 | Alex Smith | United Kingdom | 64.53 | 65.80 | 68.75 | 66.47 | 63.32 | 66.20 | 68.75 | |
| 8 | Paweł Fajdek | Poland | x | 68.70 | 65.94 | x | x | x | 68.70 | |
| 9 | Pavel Bukvic | Czech Republic | 65.93 | 68.61 | x | | | | 68.61 | |
| 10 | Yevgeniy Aydamirov | Russia | 68.47 | x | x | | | | 68.47 | |
| 11 | Siarhei Kalamoyets | Belarus | 65.62 | x | x | | | | 65.62 | |
| 12 | Lorenzo Rocchi | Italy | 63.69 | 65.57 | x | | | | 65.57 | |

### Qualifications

18 July Qualifying 69.50 or 12 best to the Final

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Yury Shayunou | Belarus | 74.87 | Q |
| 2 | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia | 70.73 | Q |
| 3 | Alex Smith | United Kingdom | 68.53 | q |
| 4 | Anatoliy Pozdnyakov | Russia | 68.53 | q |
| 5 | Lorenzo Rocchi | Italy | 67.24 | q |
| 6 | Matt Lambley | United Kingdom | 65.22 | |
| 7 | Joachim Koivu | Finland | 64.91 | |
| 8 | Bartłomiej Molenda | Poland | 63.71 | |
| 9 | Dimitrios Filladitakis | Greece | 63.24 | |
| 10 | Benjamin Hedermann | Germany | 61.64 | |
| 11 | Máté Dobos | Hungary | 61.2 | |
| 12 | Adrian Pop | Romania | 60.17 | |
| | Matej Muža | Croatia | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Alexander Ziegler | Germany | 71..10 | Q |
| 2 | Kristóf Németh | Hungary | 67.80 | q |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Aydamirov | Russia | 66.88 | q |
| 4 | Paweł Fajdek | Poland | 66.50 | q |
| 5 | Pavel Bukvic | Czech Republic | 66.45 | q |
| 6 | Siarhei Kalamoyets | Belarus | 66.44 | q |
| 7 | Dmytro Mykolaychuk | Ukraine | 65.42 | q |
| 8 | Mark Dry | United Kingdom | 65.05 | |
| 9 | Konstadinos Stathelakos | Greece | 64.99 | |
| 10 | Isaac Vicente | Spain | 64.29 | |
| 11 | Mirko Mičuda | Croatia | 62.93 | |
| 12 | Andrei Alestar | Romania | 62.29 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (2)
* Croatia (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (3)